Phonograph horn attachment.



G. SHEPHARD. PHON'OGRAPH HORN ATTAGHMENT.

- APPLICATION IILED' JULY 24, 1908.

91 2.039. Patented Feb. 9, 1909/ w 5M L. M M WWM "UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

GEORGE SHEPHARD, F PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR or LONE-THIRD T0 J. N.WHITE AND ONE-THIRD TO J. a. ANDREWS, or PETALUMA', CALIFORNIA.

PHONOGRAP H HORN ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letterslatent.

Application filed m 24,1906. Serial 1%. 44am.

To alt whom it may concem:

. talking machines and pertains especially to a means of connecting thehorn with the reproducer.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combinationof parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, havingreference to the accompanydrawi ngs, inwhich i Figure 1' s an elevationin partial section of a talkingmachine, showing the invention. Fig. 2 isa plan view of the same.

A represents the reproducing cylinder of a well-knowntype of talkingmachine, and 2 is a reproducer provided with the usual stylus to travelin the grooves of the reprostood in the art.

ducing cylinder. in a manner well under- Suitable means, not necessaryhere to be shown but also well known, are employed to revolve thecylinder to cause the reproducer to traverse the record endwise.

3 is a horn here shown as housed in chamher 9 of the talking machinecasinglO. The

horn is supported in any suitable fashion, and in its presentarrangement I connect the reproducer with the horn by the follow-' ingmeans: A tubular section 4 is adaptedto have a telescopic sliding fitwith the vertical end section 5 at the small end of the horn. Section 4has a right angle tubular extension 6 in which an elbow 7 is slidableand turnable. The reproducer 2' has connected to itan elbow 8 with itsfree end telescoping thecorresponding end of the elbow 7. The- 6 and -7in the lengthwise travel of the reproduceralong the cylinder A. In otherwords, the reproducer while always moving rectilinearly and the section4 pivoting onto section 5, the horn always remains stationary. By thisarrangement I get the born out of sight and out of the way, add to theneatness, appearance, compactness of the machine, and avoid danger ofdamaging the records as sometimes now occurs b the careless handling ofor contact with t e horn.

It is manifest that the invention is ,applicable to records of the disktype as wellas to the cylindrical form here shown. I

Having thus described my invention, what Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patof a talking machine, and astationary horn,

having a. vertically disposed end section, of

a tubular section telescopically fitting the end section of the horn andhaving a rightangled extension, and a flexible connection between saidri ht-angled extension and the reproducer ac apted to permit thereproducer to move rectilinearly while the horn remains stationary.

2. The combination with the reproducer of a talking machine a record anda stationary horn, said horn. having a vertical end sect-ion, of atubular section telescopically fitting the end section of the hornand'having a right-angled extension, an elbow having a horizontalportion telescopically fitting said right-angled extension and having avertical portion to which the reproduce-r is telescopically fittedwhereby said reproducer may move rectilinearly while the horn remainsstationary.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand in presence oftwosubscribing \vit- I

